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Grant Aggregate Celebrates Twenty Years in Service
January 18, 2012
Grant Aggregate, an industrial supplies company, is celebrating 20 years of service to the community. The successful longevity of the company, which specializes in crusher and conveyor parts, has been put down to the sheer dedication and pride of the Grant…
Greenbriar Equity Group Completes Acquisition of PetroChoice
January 18, 2012
Greenbriar Equity Group completes the acquisition of PetroChoice, a leading, value-added distributor of petroleum lubricant solutions. Greenbriar acquired the company from KRG Capital Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Riddlesburg, Pennsylvania, PetroChoice is the largest distributor of…
Xylem Breaks Ground on Godwin Pumps Manufacturing Facility Expansion in Bridgeport, New Jersey
January 18, 2012
Xylem has broken ground on a 10,000-square-foot extension of its manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, New Jersey to support continuing growth in the dewatering segment. The Bridgeport facility is a manufacturing plant for Godwin pumps, a leading global brand of automatic self-priming…
SunCoke Energy’s Spin-off From Sunoco Completed
January 18, 2012
SunCoke Energy has become a 100 percent publicly traded company as a result of Sunoco’s distribution of all its remaining shares of SunCoke common stock to Sunoco shareholders. Sunoco had held approximately 80.9 percent of the outstanding shares of SunCoke. This…
Victaulic Launches Innovative New Website, Enhances Online Brand
January 17, 2012
Victaulic has launched its redesigned website. The Victaulic website redesign will create a more pleasant user experience with optimized search functions, customer profile options and ease of access to product information, and will showcase Victaulic projects around the world. The new…
Co-Founders of Hunter Dickinson Inducted Into Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
January 17, 2012
Hunter Dickinson co-founders, Robert Hunter and Robert Dickinson were inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, in a gala ceremony in recognition of their outstanding lifetime achievements in mineral exploration and mining. They join a select group of prominent and…
Wisconsin Contract Manufacturers & Machine Shops Earn Entry Into MFG.com Manufacturing Marketplace
January 16, 2012
MFG.com has announced that several leading Wisconsin based contract manufacturers have acquired permission to enter into the MFG.com marketplace. A sample of these high-grade manufacturers include: Midway Machine, a full-service precision quality machine shop with CNC lathe and milling capabilities in…
ESAB Acquired by Colfax Corporation
January 16, 2012
Charter International owner of ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, has been acquired by Colfax Corporation. Colfax, based in Fulton MD, is a diversified industrial manufacturing company. Charter International resided in Ireland and was the parent of two leading businesses: ESAB, a…
Secretary Salazar Decides to Withdraw Public Lands Near Grand Canyon From New Mining Claims
January 16, 2012
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has decided to protect the iconic Grand Canyon and its vital watershed from the potential adverse effects of additional uranium and other hardrock mining on over 1 million acres of federal land for the next…
Walter Energy Updates Production Outlook and Announces Executive Appointments
January 16, 2012
Walter Energy has provided guidance on 2012 met coal production will be between 11.5 million and 13 million metric tons. Also, Walter Energy commented on fourth quarter results and announced that it has made three executive appointments. “Our production outlook for…
